diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1 b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
index a526211be0..76f5f1454f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy.psm1
@@ -201,7 +201,9 @@ Function Get-AnsibleParam($obj, $name, $default = $null, $resultobj = @{}, $fail
 
     # If $value -eq $null, the parameter was unspecified by the user (deliberately or not)
     # Please leave $null-values intact, modules need to know if a parameter was specified
-    if ($value -ne $null) {
+    # When $value is already an array, we cannot rely on the null check, as an empty list
+    # is seen as null in the check below
+    if ($value -ne $null -or $value -is [array]) {
         if ($type -eq "path") {
             # Expand environment variables on path-type
             $value = Expand-Environment($value)
@@ -240,6 +242,8 @@ Function Get-AnsibleParam($obj, $name, $default = $null, $resultobj = @{}, $fail
             } else {
                 Fail-Json -obj $resultobj -message "Get-AnsibleParam: Parameter '$name' is not a YAML list."
             }
+            # , is not a typo, forces it to return as a list when it is empty or only has 1 entry
+            return ,$value
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/library/testlist.ps1 b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/library/testlist.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06ef17b435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/library/testlist.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#powershell
+
+#Requires -Module Ansible.ModuleUtils.Legacy
+
+$params = Parse-Args $args
+$value = Get-AnsibleParam -Obj $params -Name value -Type list
+
+if ($value -isnot [array]) {
+    Fail-Json -obj @{} -message "value was not a list but was $($value.GetType().FullName)"
+}
+
+Exit-Json @{ count = $value.Count }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/tasks/main.yml
index 85c81938cd..94df11cb16 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_module_utils_legacy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,21 @@
   - path: '{{ bogus_driveletter.stdout_lines[0] }}:\goodpath'
   - path: '{{ bogus_driveletter.stdout_lines[0] }}:\badpath*%@:\blar'
     should_fail: true
+
+- name: test list parameters
+  testlist:
+    value: '{{item.value}}'
+  register: list_tests
+  failed_when: list_tests|failed or list_tests.count != item.count
+  with_items:
+  - value: []
+    count: 0
+  - value:
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    count: 2
+  - value:
+    - 1
+    count: 1
+  - value: "1, 2"
+    count: 2